Dear Anita,

Happy December.  I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.  I hope it was full of good food and peaceful times.

My thanksgiving was not peaceful per se- but very fun.  More important than fun, it was full of many lessons.

I thought about this morning how I would summarize them for you, and I was having trouble.  So many situations:

The cousin – from the London incident- was there

The wife – from the fourth of July annoyance – was with us the following day

And more…

And the whole point of it all, led to one culmination for me: let it go, and choose joy over resentment and anger.

I noticed this shift in myself, unlike before where I would have been fixated on each detail of the events and interaction, I was able to focus on the “thesis” – the finale.

The finale of, joy outweighs anger – always.  No matter where the origin of the anger or negative feelings are from.

Joy and peace should always be prioritized.